EyeWorld is the official news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
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6 December 2014 EW NEWS & OPINION 52 54 59 66 Glaucoma device for difficult cases 38 Recently several studies have explored the role of the Trabectome in eyes with advanced and/or complex glaucomas by Tony Realini, MD Beyond IOP 40 Investigating ways of finding new therapeutic targets for glaucoma treatment by Tony Realini, MD, MPH INTERNATIONAL Molecular genetics in glaucoma: Hope for better management 52 Studying genes to detect glaucoma mutations as early as possible by Matt Young CORNEA World Cornea Congress preview Endothelial keratoplasty, keratoprosthesis, and PK offerings 58 Sessions at the World Cornea Congress in San Diego will focus on hot topics in the cornea field by Ellen Stodola Considering the strain on contact lens solutions 59 Longer survival found for certain Pseudomonas isolates by Maxine Lipner Study identifies changes to the material properties of the cornea after crosslinking 60 Insights into the molecular mechanisms behind the crosslinking procedure by Lauren Lipuma RESIDENTS EyeWorld journal club Review of "Randomized comparison of a hydrogel sealant versus sutures for prevention of fluid egress following cataract surgery" 62 by the ophthalmology residents of Columbia University Medical Center SPECIAL FEATURES JCRS update 11 ASCRS update 11 DEPARTMENTS Classifieds 74 Index to advertisers 75 Calendar 77 International outlook Blindness decreases in the Asia-Pacific 54 As worldwide blindness decreases, the problem also grows more complex, as revealed by the experience of experts in China and India by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R S Chief medical editor: David F. Chang, MD Cataract editor: Bonnie An Henderson, MD Cornea editor: Clara C. Chan, MD Refractive editor: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD Glaucoma editor: Reay H. Brown, MD International editor: John A. Vukich, MD CATARACT Lisa B. Arbisser, MD Rosa M. Braga-Mele, MD Susan MacDonald, MD Saras Ramanathan, MD Steve G. Safran, MD Richard Tipperman, MD Mitchell P. Weikert, MD REFRACTIVE John P. Berdahl, MD Kraig S. Bower, MD Y. Ralph Chu, MD Thomas E. Clinch, MD Neel Desai, MD Elizabeth M. Hofmeister, MD Louis E. Probst, MD GLAUCOMA Husam Ansari, MD Garry P. Condon, MD Steven J. Gedde, MD Jeffery A. Kammer, MD Parag Parekh, MD Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD CORNEA Vincent P. de Luise, MD John A. Hovanesian, MD Bennie Jeng, MD Barry Lee, MD Bryan Lee, MD Chaz Reilly, MD INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP Amar Agarwal, FRCS Renato Ambrósio, MD Graham D. Barrett, FRACO Ashley Behrens, MD William De La Pena, MD Bruno M. Fontes, MD Nada S. Jabbur, MD Shigeru Kinoshita, MD Boris E. Malyugin, MD Prin Rojanapongpun, MD Hungwon Tchah, MD Vladimir N. Trubilin, MD Ke Yao, MD Ronald Yeoh, MD E Y E W O R L D E D I T O R I A L B O A R D A S C R S E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E A S C R S G O V E R N I N G B O A R D Richard A. Lewis, MD, President Robert J. Cionni, MD, Vice President/President Elect Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Immediate Past President David F. Chang, MD, Past President Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Treasurer Bonnie An Henderson, MD, Secretary Brock K. Bakewell, MD Chair, Government Relations Committee Rosa M. Braga-Mele, MD Chair, Cataract Clinical Committee David F. Chang, MD Medical Editor, EyeWorld Warren E. Hill, MD Member at Large Terry Kim, MD Chair, Cornea Clinical Committee Stephen S. Lane, MD Chair, IOMED Committee Nick Mamalis, MD Editor, JCRS Douglas J. Rhee, MD Chair, Glaucoma Clinical Committee Roger F. Steinert, MD Chair, Industry Liaison Committee Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD Chair, Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee Elizabeth Yeu, MD Chair, Young Physicians and Residents Clinical Committee James V. Mazzo ASCRS Public Trustee Edward J. Holland, MD Chair, Program Committee Richard L. Lindstrom, MD Chair, ASCRS Foundation MEETING REPORTER Reporting from the 2014 APACRS annual meeting 66 IN OTHER NEWS Ophthalmologist's lifelong passion for the cosmos 78 Physician spends her spare time learning about the origin of life in the universe by Lauren Lipuma 62